Orange Line
Rapid Transit
For more information, visit https://www.mbta.com/schedules/Orange.
Current Service Alerts
Forest Hills Elevator 842 (Orange Line platform to main upper lobby) unavailable due to maintenance
🧑🔧 To exit, use Forest Hills Elevator 724 located at the opposite end of the platform to access the Southwest Corridor Park lobby. To board, use the Washington St exit, turn right and proceed to the intersection of Washington St and Arborway. Cross Arborway, turn right, then continue to the Southwest Corridor Park entrance and use Forest Hills Elevator 724.
North Station Escalator 447 (Passageway to Commuter Rail, TD Garden) unavailable due to maintenance
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Chinatown Elevator 876 (Oak Grove platform to Washington St, Essex St) unavailable due to maintenance
🧑🔧 To exit: get off the train at Tufts Medical Center. Go to the Washington St exit. At street level, cross Washington St. Take a Silver Line SL4 (South Station) or SL5 (Downtown) bus to Washington St and Essex St (Chinatown Station). Alternatively, if possible, travel 0.2 miles north on Washington St to Chinatown Station. To board: go to the Silver Line SL5 bus stop at Washington St and Essex St. Take an SL5 (Downtown) bus to Tufts Medical Center (stay on bus past the Temple Pl stop). Alternate route: travel 0.2 miles south on Washington St to Tufts Medical Center.
Jackson Square: The platform is undergoing renovations to improve safety and accessibility. Sections of the platform are unlevel, which may make it difficult for some riders to board and exit trains.
Please see station personnel or use a station call box to request assistance.
State Escalator 6 (Oak Grove platform to Old State House lobby) unavailable
Ruggles Escalator 136 (Orange Line platform to upper lobby) unavailable
Jackson Square: The stairway connecting the Jackson Sq lobby and the south end of the platform is closed until winter 2026. Use the stairway at the north end of the platform. This closure is for the construction of a new stairway and a second elevator.
Recently Resolved Service Alerts
Sullivan Square Elevator 840 (Center platform to lobby) unavailable due to maintenance
🧑🔧 To exit when traveling on a Forest Hills-bound train, exit onto the center platform and wait for an Oak Grove train to arrive. When the train arrives, cross through the train over to the opposite platform and use Sullivan Elevator 881. To exit the train when traveling on an Oak Grove-bound train, exit the right side of the train onto the Oak Grove platform and use Sullivan Elevator 881. To board a Forest Hills-bound train, use Sullivan Elevator 881 to access the Oak Grove platform, then wait for an Oak Grove-bound train to arrive. When the train arrives, cross through the train over to the center platform.
Stations Served
This route stops at Assembly, Back Bay, Chinatown, Community College, Downtown Crossing, Forest Hills, Green Street, Haymarket, Jackson Square, Malden Center, Massachusetts Avenue, North Station, Oak Grove, Roxbury Crossing, Ruggles, State, Stony Brook, Sullivan Square, Tufts Medical Center and Wellington.
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